Where does “tvåsamhet” come from?
tvåsamhet (Swedish) comes from Swedish tvåsam, from Swedish -sam, from Old Norse -samr, from Old Norse samr, from Latin Samarītānus, from Ancient Greek Σαμαρίτης, from Ancient Greek -ῑ́της, from Biblical Hebrew אֶפְרָיִם.
tvåsamhet (Swedish): the state of being in a (romantic) relationship with one other person (as opposed to none or more than one)
Definitions
- the state of being in a (romantic) relationship with one other person (as opposed to none or more than one)
Ancestry of “tvåsamhet”, step by step
tvåsamhet traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish tvåsam
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | tvåsam | twosome (consisting of two people) |
| 2 | Swedish | -sam | -some; creating adjectives, mostly out of nouns |
| 3 | Old Norse | -samr | -some |
| 4 | Old Norse | samr | the same; agreeing, of one mind; same |
| 5 | Latin | Samarītānus | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | Σαμαρίτης | Samaritan |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ῑ́της | belonging to; member of; member of a group |
| 8 | Biblical Hebrew | אֶפְרָיִם | — |